(remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble")

4. (1) exempt, relieve, free

(grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam")

5. (1) free, release

(make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners")

6. (1) free, discharge

(free from obligations or duties)

7. (1) free, disengage

(free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor")

8. (1) absolve, justify, free

(let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility")

9. release, relinquish, resign, free, give up

(part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne")

10. release, free, liberate

(release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition)

(able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice")

2. (4) free

(unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron")